The verdict on Sydney ferries
A shift to private operation raised concerns four years ago. Now the results are in.
Latest NSW news
Baird gas plan 'dead in the water'
Peter Hannam 6:29 PM Anti-coal seam gas groups have declared the Baird government's plans to develop a gas industry in the state "dead in the water" after energy giant AGL announced it would exit the controversial sector.
Loathed IT system could be scrapped
Eryk Bagshaw 5:46 PM After costing taxpayers more than half a billion dollars, it could be gone in six months.
Hundreds protest asylum seeker decision
Sarah Muller 5:51 PM "The kids … they're never ever going to recover," said one protester who is a former refugee.
Sydney's billion-dollar suburbs revealed
Do you live in one of Sydney's billion-dollar neighbourhoods? There are more than you might expect.
Sydney is an 'international joke'
Daisy Dumas 2:31 PM An entrepreneur has lamented the death of Sydney's nighttime economy at the hands of leaders with a "moralistic crusade".
Westmead leads ambitious new cancer project
Sarah Muller 4:15 AM A new cancer research project led by Australian scientists analysing 70,000 cancer samples may be a "game-changer" for research, diagnosis and treatment.
Major adverse events rise in NSW hospitals
Harriet Alexander Instruments left in patients after surgery and suicides some of 53 "sentinel events", report shows.
Chunnel cheaper than WestConnex: report
Matt O'Sullivan The Channel Tunnel linking Britain and France will cost less on a per-kilometre basis than the new Sydney motorway, according to a consultant's report.
Barangaroo: Packer told to widen public space
Anne Davies and Sean Nicholls Crown Resorts has been asked to consider reducing the size of the podium for its proposed casino tower and move it back from the waterfront.
Waratah trains: a win for Sydney
Jacob Saulwick No one wanted to be connected with the trains at first. Now we wish we'd ordered more.
'You'd better pull your head in'
Sean Nicholls, James Robertson 1:38 AM Alan Jones says he will have "a hell of a story" to tell if a Liberal MP is challenged for preselection.
Speed limit cut to 40km/h for wider CBD zone
Matt O'Sullivan Roads Minister identifies "greatest enemy" faced by CBD pedestrians
Sydney metro extension faces end of line
Matt O'Sullivan and Jacob Saulwick Plans to extend one of Sydney's metro lines appear doomed.
Chinese New Year: Get ready to party
Phoebe Moloney 1:40 AM It's the Year of the Monkey and Sydney's celebrations could be our most creative yet.
Sydney a ghost town after dark
Michael Koziol Fewer people are staying out late at night in the Sydney CBD and surrounding precincts, while antisocial behaviour has continued to decline, a City of Sydney report has found.
Storm-hit block linked with mayor's business
Esther Han A storm-damaged apartment block where 200 residents have been left with no access to their homes was managed by a strata agency with close ties to Auburn Council until the day before the destruction.
Police use pepper spray at anti-CSG protest
Peter Hannam Police have used pepper spray against a protester chained to machinery at a Santos coal seam gas facility in the Pilliga, a move opponents say will likely fuel community anger against the project.
Zika virus confirmed in Australia
Harriet Alexander The NSW Health department has confirmed two cases from passengers travelling from the Caribbean.
Greens MP John Kaye diagnosed with cancer
Anna Patty NSW Greens MP John Kaye has been diagnosed with cancer and will be unable to return to Parliament to resume his duties before the end of next month.
Schoolchildren stranded in after-care crisis
Eryk Bagshaw Leichhardt is furious at State government after it fails to approve a provider parachuted in to provide essential child care. In the City of Sydney, it is even worse.
Hate group
Supporters of 'legal rape' advocate to meet
Phoebe Moloney Return of Kings supporters are planning to meet face-to-face in Sydney for the first time. Website founder Daryush Valizadeh says it is time for the group to 'come out of the closet'.
Highlights
AGL's belated exit from coal seam gas leaves Santos exposed in Pilliga
The company executives with most to worry about after AGL's ditching of CSG belong to Santos.
Sydney church offers sanctuary to refugees
Sanctuary means refuge, safety, freedom from persecution. If churches can't provide that, then who will?
A barrel of monkeys ring in the Lunar New Year
More than 600,000 people are expected to visit Sydney for Chinese New Year celebrations.
Hundreds protest asylum seeker decision
"The kids … they're never ever going to recover," said one protester who is a former refugee.
'Errors I would not have ever believed'
As public debt blows out to an expected $4 billion, a NSW minister has launched a blistering attack on the federal government's handling of the private education sector.
Diaz 2.0 fears after father holds cards in seat stoush
A secret meeting of the Liberal party's top brass has left family patriarch Jess Diaz once again holding all the aces for the upcoming preselection of the seat his son Jayme lost in 2013.
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Driving along Appin Road
Heading east from Appin, drive along one of Sydney's deadliest roads.
Sydney lockout reduces violence
In April 2015, almost a year after the introduction of Sydney's controversial lockout laws, assaults in Kings Cross had fallen dramatically.
Locals 'ecstatic' after AGL abandons CSG
Residents of Gloucester, north of Newcastle, say it is a "massive relief" that gas giant AGL will no longer go ahead with plans for a major coal seam gas project in the area.
